Word Nerds!

[Robert]

Here's a good one I learned only today: otiose

Definition: serving no practical purpose; lazy, indolent.

[Morgaine]

And all this time I thought I had the ultimate breakfast with my Whiskey and Pancakes!

cranachan, n.

A dessert typically made with whipped cream, whisky, oatmeal, honey, and berries (esp. raspberries).
also: Cream-Crowdie.

Scottish, of course.

I made this once - was rather yummy.

[R.A. Stewart]

cranachan, n.

A dessert typically made with whipped cream, whisky, oatmeal, honey, and berries (esp. raspberries).
also: Cream-Crowdie.

Scottish, of course.

Of course!

Alba gu bràth!


(Edited to correct my Gaelic spelling. Embarrassing. )

[R.A. Stewart]

nonpareil
/ˌnɒnpəˈreɪl/

According to Google:

... an old type size equal to six points (larger than ruby).

This reminds me of an anecdote in one of H. Allen Smith's books in which he recalls being sent, on his second day or so as the lowliest of young apprentices at a newspaper, on a long and futile quest for a nonpareil spaceband. (Futile because no such thing existed.)